SpaceX last week pushed the Space Coast to a new record for launches on the year, and is set up to keep adding to that total with plans for a Sunday night liftoff.

A Falcon 9 with another 23 Starlink satellites is set to lift off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station’s Space Launch Complex 40 targeting 7:45 p.m., with seven backup options from 8:17 p.m. to 10:47 p.m. and another eight chances during a Monday night window from 7:20 p.m. to 10:22 p.m.

Space Launch Delta 45’s weather squadron gives the Sunday night window an 85% chance for good conditions, which improves to 90% in the event of a 24-hour delay.

The first-stage booster is making its eighth flight with a planned recovery landing downrange on the droneship Just Read the Instructions in the Atlantic.

SpaceX airs live coverage of the launch and landing of its first-stage booster on its X profile, no longer with commentary and only going live about five minutes before liftoff.

The launch would be the 59th of the year from either Canaveral or neighboring Kennedy Space Center. A launch last Saturday from the same launch pad marked Florida’s 58th liftoff of the year surpassing 2022’s record of 57. SpaceX has had the king’s share of those responsible for all but four of the launches, with three coming from United Launch Alliance and one from Relativity Space.

It would become the 44th from Canaveral for SpaceX while adding another 11 from KSC. Of those, 51 are by the company workhorse Falcon 9 rocket with the other four by its powerhouse Falcon Heavy.

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— SpaceX (@SpaceX) October 29, 2023

SpaceX has also flown 23 missions from California, including one early Sunday also for Starlink, so this launch marks Elon Musk’s 78th of the year not including the lone Starship and Super Heavy attempt from Texas back in April.

The majority of the 2023 launches have been to add to the company’s expanding Starlink internet satellite constellation, which has had more than 5,300 launched since 2019, according to statistics tracked by astronomer Jonathan McDowell. The Federal Communications Commission last year upped SpaceX’s license to allow for up to 7,500, and most of 2023’s launches have been to ship up the larger V2 mini versions of the satellites. An even larger version is planned for when Starship comes online.

ULA targets Christmas Eve launch for new Vulcan Centaur rocket

The remainder of the year could see the Space Coast surpass 70 launches with several more Starlink missions, a resupply mission for NASA coming up as early as Nov. 5, a landmark mission to send up a commercial lunar lander as early as Nov. 14 and possibly a fifth Falcon Heavy flight on a mission for the Space Force.

ULA also has one more mission planned for 2023 having announced a Dec. 24 target for the first flight of its new Vulcan Centaur rocket, which is also carrying a commercial lunar lander.